Ashot Vardapetyan ~ someway
sounds some local name ….. but is not !! ~
and have you heard the names of ‘Horatio Caro - Marcus Kann’ earlier….
Hyatt Regency Chennai, the newly sprung 5 star luxury hotel right on the Mount road
is the venue of the match. The first match was a draw in 16 moves as
Indians wait anxiously for the first win for our beloved Anand. On day 2, the result was not any different ~
the 2nd game saw another draw – there were to be repetition of moves and the
draw was agreed on move 25.
There is a rest day after the second, fourth, sixth,
eighth, 10th, 11th and 12th games. After the sixth game, the colours will be
reversed. The time control for the 12 games will be: 40 moves in two hours for
each player, the next 20 moves in one hour and 15 minutes for the rest of the
game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61. If the
match goes into tiebreakers after a 6-6 tie in Classical chess, there will be a
four 25-minute rapid chess games to break the tie. If that also ends in a tie,
blitz chess mini-matches of two games each will be played. If the first set
ends in a tie, the second, third and fourth will follow. In all five sets (10
games) will be played to break the tie. Even then if the match is tied, the
Armageddon (sudden death game) will be applied. In that game, white will get
five minutes and black four but black needing only a draw to win the game and
match. The rapid, blitz and Armageddon will have separate draw of lots to
choose the colour.
Anand was playing with white pieces and
said he was mildy surprised at Carlsen's opening moves, in the press conference
that followed the game. On day 1 Anand was perfectly happy with the draw
playing with black pieces. In Game 2, Anand kept his game theoretical, with no
rash moves. Carlsen, except some risks at the start of the game, also made
careful moves.
The defending champion Anand started with
1.e4 and the challenger Carlsen responded with Caro-Kann defence, which was a
slight surprise. Reports state that Carlsen rarely used Caro-Kann before, the
last time being back in 2011. Anand had recent experience in this line as he
won a nice game against GM Ding Liren, but this time he deviated on move 14 ~
and the game ended in a draw. In the
press conference later, Anand expressed his apology (perhaps to his fans for
having played a short drawn game). Carlsen was to state that he did not expect
anything and it was bit similar to his start in the Candidates tournament.
With my little knowledge in Chess, the technical details really go over
board but read that the Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening—a common defense
against the King's Pawn Opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c6. The Caro–Kann, like the Sicilian Defence and
French Defence, is classified as a "Semi-Open Game", but it is
thought to be more solid and less dynamic than either of those openings. It
often leads to good endgames for Black, who has the better pawn structure.
The opening is named after the English player Horatio Caro and the Austrian Marcus Kann who
analysed it in 1886. Horatio Caro Marcus
Kann(1862 –1920) was an English chess master, born in Newcastle upon Tyne but
spent most of his chess career in Berlin Vienna , Austria
The chief arbiter for the
championship is, Ashot Vardapetyan from Armenia
the same official who was in charge of the Anand-Boris Gelfand World
championship match in 2012 in Moscow
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
11th Nov. 2o13.
News and photos source : www.chennai2013.fide.com/
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